3 days ago
Base Salary
$257k - $333k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead development of purpose-built large language models for Cisco networking, security, data center, and observability infrastructure.
- Drive full-cycle pre-training initiatives, including foundational model development and related research.
- Conduct generative AI research for networking automation and human-computer interaction.
- Collaborate with engineers and strategists to integrate research breakthroughs into practical business solutions.
- Publish research in top-tier AI venues and contribute to the broader scientific community.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12+ years of experience, master’s degree in STEM with 8+ years of experience, or PhD in STEM or a related technical field with 5+ years of relevant research experience.
- Experience leading or contributing to a full-cycle LLM or foundation-model pre-training, distillation-based pre-training, or continual pre-training project, including dataset curation, tokenization strategy, and training pipeline execution.
- At least 3 peer-reviewed publications in top-tier AI venues such as ACL, EMNLP, ICLR, ICML, NAACL, or NeurIPS.
- At least 3 years of experience using PyTorch or TensorFlow to implement and train models on distributed computing clusters with environments such as 100+ GPUs.
- At least 2 years of experience applying machine learning models to networking, data center, security, or observability datasets.
- Preferred experience in an industrial research lab and translating conceptual research into practical applications.
- Preferred subject matter expertise in networking, cybersecurity, or observability, with strong communication and stakeholder-influence skills.
Benefits
- Hybrid work based out of Cisco’s Seattle or San Jose office.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, disability coverage, and basic life insurance for eligible U.S. employees.
- Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses for non-sales roles.
- Paid holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional volunteer days.
Tech Stack
PyTorchTensorFlow
Categories
AI ResearchML Engineering
About Cisco
Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.